The Ballsy, Artsy, Anti-Sixth Street Outlook of DJ Joaqu.n

Austin to L.A., keeping up with the beloved Pangea Sound producer

"...it's still hype," Joaqu.n recalled. The formula worked, if attendance was an indication...."

May 19, 2023 Music Feature by Christina Garcia

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...Find over a dozen highlights from day three of..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

Faster Than Sound: Shared Frequencies Radio Connects Austin DJs with the World

Online electronic station celebrates third birthday Saturday at Coconut Club

"..."I love dance music, but that's not all I listen to," he..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Out There in the Fresh Air With Utopia, Old Settler's, and Kerrville Folk Festival

Fall fests coax us from the metropolis

"...plus returning national acts that fall under Utopia's stylistic umbrella involving funk, roots, jam-adjacent outfits, rock, and dance music...."

Oct. 15, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: You Might Find Your New Favorite Artist at Hot Summer Nights – Here Are 10 Contenders

Picks to reset quarantine listening habits, free today through Sunday

"...Tears – whether shed on the dance floor or bathroom floor – fuel the dark melodrama..."

Aug. 27, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...on production thanks to well-established Atlanta hitmakers 808 Mafia. "Umbrella," a Marshmello-produced single featuring Chicago drill star G Herbo,..."

May 28, 2021 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Valoneecia Tolbert Geeks Out in Tales of a Blerd Ballerina

The actress looks back at what it was to be young, geeky, and Black

"...its love of nerd culture with humor, music, and dance. With support from a cohort of local theatre makers..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Poison 13, Meat Purveyors, and Churchwood Guitarist Bill Anderson Loads Out of Town

If not for Austin, “I don’t know if I would have been a musician at all”

"...groove outfit the Horsies, and more recently vocal harmony-driven dance group the Fontanelles, Brant Bingamon characterizes his friend as..."

March 29, 2021 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Video Festival Reaches 5

Local DIY videos mingle with the big leagues, Austin Music Commission forecasts 2020, and Federico Pacheco leads KOOP into its next quarter-century

"...her over-the-top Eighties aesthetic in a strange, sexually charged dance rehearsal...."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

OUTsider Fest Review: Our Future Ends?

Lemurs, dancers, and the question: Are queer spaces going extinct?

"...or stupid, audience member to fill the space and dance up there, like the actors had been. And when..."

Feb. 21, 2019 Qmmunity Post by Lilli Hime

Qmmunity

Celebrate Intersex Awareness Day all year

"...so: interACT defines the I in LGBTQIA as an "umbrella term" referring to folks who have "one or more..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Justin Stewart

"...Paul Simon, while "Nod of Knowing" sweeps the country dance hall floor and "Jesus #9" kicks like John Prine...."

Aug. 24, 2018 Music Review by Doug Freeman

Gay Place

Pride Week finally descends on Austin

"...Join the girls for a gals' night on the dance floor. Sat., Aug. 4, 9pm. Sellers Underground, 213 W...."

Aug. 3, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017

Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year

"...9) WAIT TILL YOU SEE ME DANCE BY DEB OLIN UNFERTH (Graywolf Press) This collection from..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Melany Jean

Your Weekend in Film

Ingrid Goes West, Logan Lucky open in Austin

"...Kimberley Jones: “Logan Lucky comfortably settles under the same umbrella of popular-slash-populist entertainments as Soderbergh’s most famous franchise. The..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Screens Post by The Screens Staff

Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Gregory Porter

Jazz? Love songs, gospel, soul, and even Disclosure.

"...success beckons – single "Holding On" originated as a dance tune recorded with UK DJs Disclosure – but Porter,..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Gay Place

Saturday marks Austin's seventh annual Queerbomb, a free, all ages, all inclusive queer celebration

"...It can be cramped and complicated under this ol' umbrella, but together we're a magical tribe. There's a lot..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Rihanna’s Pop Spectacle

Barbados starlet hops between melody and braggadocio

"...de Replay.” The 28-year-old singer has been a queer dancehall savant and Billboard Top 100 machine churner since 2007..."

May 16, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Gay Place: Twinkle!

Stargayzer busts the queer music doors wide open

"...all genders and sexualities under one big sticky, munchy umbrella. Join FetLife or contact via email for details. Thu.,..."

Oct. 16, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Girlie Action

"...cover of Technicolor Hearts' debut Under the Big Blue Umbrella Sky, the Austin/Los Angeles duo's singer and onetime Agent..."

April 18, 2014 Music Review by Abby Johnston

ACL Music Fest 2013 Friday Listings

Blurbing Friday ACL

"...have produced subtle, bleak, nuanced indie rock under the umbrella of Pinback, bearing witness to our evolving culture. The..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

Council Notes: Never Do Today ...

Meet the new agenda, same as the old agenda

"...clear if it can be brought under the transportation umbrella without jeopardizing established cab companies and their drivers...."

May 31, 2013 News Feature by Michael King

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...the label $1.4 million. Yet major bands continue to dance with the devil. At a post-screening Q&A, Leto laid..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Texas State Bobcats Play Pesky

Refuse to roll over and play dead

"...half, keep it close, then fold like a cheap umbrella – which is to say it ain’t pretty. I..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Gay Place: Queerzy Springs

"...spin as you model your finest swimwear on the dance floor. Sat., May 5, 9pm. Iron Bear, 121 W...."

May 4, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Vagina

At last, a place for your… you know…

"...know and who you blow come together on the dance flo. Every second and fourth Friday, 10pm. The Eastern,..."

Dec. 9, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Austin Creative Alliance

After a decade of leading the arts service organization, Latifah Taormina retires

"...ACoT's B. Iden Payne Awards ceremony as the arts umbrella's new executive director, the job has pretty much consumed..."

April 29, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Informal Classes Set to Open New Chapter

Popular UT program gets second chance in life

"...including ACC, to run some courses under this new umbrella program. (In the meantime, ACC will expand course provision..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

After a Fashion

Stephen finally gets to use the phrase "porn star and welfare-mother-turned-singer-and-social-activist" in a column

"...Rich Segal, who emceed the most recent Octo Tea Dance. Says the charming Mr. Segal, "I am fortunate to..."

June 6, 2008 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

The Wild Combination of Arthur Russell

An avant icon gets another look

"...and distinctively haunted vocals seem in contradiction to the dancefloor singles that often fell under the disco umbrella, mostly..."

May 2, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

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